National Guard

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U.S. authorities arrested an Army National Guard soldier and his cousin on charges related to a plot prosecutors allege would have involved the soldier traveling to join Islamic State while his cousin used his uniforms to attack a northern Illinois military base.

Seven Marines and four Louisiana Army National Guard soldiers were believed to be killed when an Army helicopter crashed Tuesday night during a routine nighttime training exercise off the Florida panhandle.

Missouri’s governor said he would triple the National Guard presence in the St. Louis region after widespread violence following a grand-jury decision not to indict a police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed teen.

Nearly 100 locations from utility substations to sports stadiums are under watch this weekend by the Missouri National Guard and state Highway Patrol, Gov. Jay Nixon wrote in a Saturday letter to lawmakers.

Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency for Missouri, ahead of an anticipated announcement from a grand jury in the shooting death of Michael Brown and protests expected to take place in the St. Louis area.

Sunni tribal leaders say a U.S.-backed plan to allow local units to police their own regions—an idea that gained traction this week—is an invitation to the kind of separatism that has already pushed Iraq to the brink of partition.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon Tuesday said he would triple the National Guard presence in the St. Louis region in the wake of widespread violence following a grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.

Still recovering from massive flooding last month that destroyed mile after mile of roads and bridges, Colorado said Tuesday that it plans to use state funds to pay National Guard members to keep working amid the federal government shutdown.